What should be the approach to help a fire burnt people
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For All Burns
1. Stop Burning Immediately
Put out fire or stop the person's contact with hot liquid, steam, or other material.
Help the person "stop, drop, and roll" to smother flames.
Remove smoldering material from the person.
Remove hot or burned clothing. If clothing sticks to skin, cut or tear around it.
2. Remove Constrictive Clothing Immediately
Take off jewelry, belts, and tight clothing. Burns can swell quickly.
Then take the following steps:
For First-Degree Burns (Affecting Top Layer of Skin)
1. Cool Burn
Hold burned skin under cool (not cold) running water or immerse in cool water until pain subsides.
Use compresses if running water isn’t available.
2. Protect Burn
Cover with sterile, non-adhesive bandage or clean cloth.
Do not apply butter or ointments, which can cause infection.
3. Treat Pain
Give over-the-counter pain reliever such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), acetaminophen (Tylenol), or naproxen (Aleve).
Major burns can be recognized by four primary characteristics:
- deep
- result in dry, leathery skin
- larger than 3 inches in diameter or cover the face, hands, feet, buttocks, groin, or a major joint
- have a charred appearance or patches of black, brown, or white
Minor burns are recognized by the following characteristics:
- less than 3 inches in diameter
- surface redness (like a sunburn)
- skin blistering
- pain
Make sure you and the person who’s burned are safe and out of harm’s way. Move them away from the source of the burn. If it’s an electrical burn, turn off the power source before touching them.
Check to see if they’re breathing. If needed, start rescue breathing if you’ve been trained.
Remove restrictive items from their body, such as belts and jewelry in or near the burned areas. Burned areas typically swell quickly.
Cover the burned area. Use a clean cloth or bandage that’s moistened with cool, clean water.
Separate fingers and toes. If hands and feet are burned, separate the fingers and toes with dry and sterile, nonadhesive bandages.
Remove clothing from burned areas, but don’t try to remove clothing that’s stuck to the skin.
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